Patton Oswalt Is Shocked When Stephen Colbert Tells Him To Skip "The Hobbit"
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- Patton Oswalt finished reading the "Harry Potter" series with his daughter and when he asked Stephen what they should read next, Oswalt was surprised to hear Stephen recommend they skip "The Hobbit" and go straight for "The Lord Of The Rings." #Colbert #Comedy #PattonOswalt
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"I'm a little worried about the Coronavirus..."
Famous last words
@@manuelgalipeau3872 Pretty sure famous last words were "it's just like the flu."
@@TheFiddleFaddle Or "Q said its fake"
Aged well.
Pattion Oswald predicted the future.
Little did we know Patton was ahead of his time with the mask wearing!
Part of me wants to be like you shouldn't be about Covid Steven until I remember stuff I said around the same time.
Just to let you know they wore masks in 1918 too
BIG BRAINY SMARTY
Came here to make this comment, thank you!
I started wearing a mask on planes about 4 years ago, and it made everything about flying better. Germs aside, it keeps your mouth from drying out
Oh how ahead of the curve was Mr. Patton Oswalt, re COVID-19.
Pretty ahead... I was with him. The writing was on the wall when you saw doctors in wuhan indicate that aerosol transmission was happening. And it was not fun.
@Shawn N yep. 300K+ lives lost and hospital ICU’s full wave after wave, but your right, it’s all overblown. Smfh.
@Shawn N You know, just because you try to prevent and treat a virus doesnt make it less deadly. If its so important to you that "the greatest country" also has "the greatest plague" then sure go ahead seems like you already got "the greatest idiots"
@Shawn N Always blaming the mean ol media? LOL How many batshit conspiracies can you put into one post? Jeez...
@Shawn N that never happened, at least not in the eyes of non Qanon believers. Nobody who died of a car accident had a COD listed as COVID. Today, we’re closing in REPORTED cases 25 million cases, 410K deaths, 4 new variants of the virus, and yet you still have the audacity to say this is overblown by the media. WAKE UP.
I’m glad and relieved to hear your family members recovered, but that isn’t the case with many others. I, in fact just recently lost a grandmother-in-law due to COVID. She led a full life, but the fact that we couldn’t personally communicate with her the entire time she was sick, knowing her fate, was gut wrenching. That is the part they don’t talk enough about in the news. The fact that these people who come down with severe cases are left to fight this alone, no family or friends. Bless the healthcare workers for their love and assistance, but it’s not family.
So no, I don’t and will never share your view that this virus and the way it’s being reported is overkill. It’s not. Thank goodness we finally have a leader who seems to actually care about it and wont try and sweep it and it’s statistics under the rug.
Its ironic how Stephen is busting his chops for wearing a mask. February 7th feels like two years ago.
A year later, it feels like five.
...it’s...it’s only been a year?
It was.
That "censoring things" was brilliant
Yeah, he really got Stephen there. Dang🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haha, totally planned.
@@dreamervanroom Your life must really suck to be so cynical...
I thought Stephen was going to start a tickle fight there before I realized he was just trying to grab Patton's arm.
Besting Stephen colbert.....that is no joke people......wowzer short in stature, towering in intellect.
Only just seeing this now and damn, Patton had his shit together a month before the country started taking action.
A year before :)
@@wchenful The country is not the government.
@@DrLipkin Lets go by statistics then ... it still hasn't started XD
April 2021. So many new cases in my state. People STILL not taking it seriously.
Foreshadowing in February: "I'm traveling every weekend, and I'm very paranoid about the coronavirus"
The look Patton gives when the “eh” registered in his mind 😂
@5:54
So good
Patton's look is one that says "A rival nerd has entered the arena. An enemy to be met in battle! "
OG KRIEG And thusly Stephen lays his trap for our intrepid warrior....
That look is legit how I was when I saw the title. I love the hobbit
I love how Patton immediately realizes he’s entered one of the few nerd wars he won’t win.
And he went in anyway.
He has no fear when there is nerding to be done:
ruclips.net/video/4pVEUteIE4E/видео.html
ONLY BECAUSE HE WAS RIGHT
That's the barbarian in him
It’s not about the winning, it’s about the rightness of the cause
Funny how the conversation shifted to Stephen King tho *sips tea*
Props for Stephen’s “Assassin’s Creed” reference!
props to his writers
Where?
Timestamp?
@@lilshabaz1862 Which writers?
Seriously? You people don't know where in the video he literally says Assassin's Creed? He wasn't exactly subtle.
This is a dangerous concentration of weapons grade wit on one stage.
oki..
True, but worth the risk. I did wear one of those little masks, though I don't know of it did any good...
True. But I definitely don't want it to be diluted in any way
Only if you include sharpened pencils
weapons grade shills for the military industrial complex and big government
PETER JACKSON: Stephen, how would you like to be in "The Desolation of Smaug"?
STEPHEN COLBERT: Meh...I don't know.
Craig496 that’s actually completely wrong because he is so proud of his acting role
@@coultergill7728 That's what makes his reaction to the book so weird.
Craig496 even though he isn’t necessarily a fan of the book he literally all the time talks about how proud he is to he “head of the Laketown spy network”
@@Craig496 Why? You can be meh about a part of something but love the whole. He got to become part of the world he loves, even if it was in a meh adaption of a book that he thinks is meh in his favourite world. It's like thinking Bobba Fett is meh, but loving Star Wars, you are still going to be super stoked if asked to play as a mandalorian in a movie.
@@Wookie_oo7 is that you, Stephen?
He kept his wedding ring with his late wife, but he wears it on the other hand, to honor her.
He's a great guy. He doesn't try to replace her, he still always keeps her with him.
@Black Rod have you listened or read any of the interviews about this?
Black Rod stupid comment
I was wondering what was going on with the rings
@Black Rod For their daughter. No judgment about how people recreate their lives and families after such a tragedy. And how wonderful that his second wife is so gracious about his respect for his first wife!
The wife that he killed
I agree that TLoTR is the better book as a whole...however, for a 10 year old, The Hobbit is a great start to get introduced into the world of TLoTR.
Plus: it IS the background story to TLoTR.
Is it necessary to read The Hobbit first? No.
But it will definitely not hurt your enjoyment of reading TLoTR, if you read The Hobbit first.
Yes Yes!!!!!! I agree. Well put!!!!
*eyes the capital "T" suspiciously*
I'm not familiar with The Hobbit, so this isn't a statement about that book, but don't downplay the comprehension of 10 year olds. They're a lot more sophisticated than they might seem. I don't know about girls but boys at that age often really want to get into more mature work aimed at grown-ups, and from what I heard the hobbit was directly aimed to be a book for children (even if in a respectable, non-belittling way).
Tlotr is 3 books you fascist
Agreed, you gotta read The Hobbit first. It is a lighter read and it is literally is before LOTR. No way you can enjoy it as much reading it second.
Did Stephen just go OVER the desk..!?!
IKR? 😄
I love it
I have been scrolling for several minutes and i was wondering why everyone is overlooking the desk leap
Man, I am nearly half his age and I probably wouldn't be able to do that so seamlessly!
He looked like a Detective in an action movie doing the "car hood slide" to get in the car before a chase scene. I would watch a Stephen Colbert/ Patton Oswald action- cop drama.
Me: John Krasinski's DM is the best part of this interview
This Interview: Hold my beer
Me: OK, Patton's stunned look when Stephen shrugs off The Hobbit is the best part.
This Interview: Hold my other beer
Me: OK, Stephen's reaction to Patton's comeback is the best part
This interview: Thanks for holding my beers. [Chugs both beers]
"It's (about) a killer dog, Cujo, enjoy." Ah, parenting of the 1970s.
Best Patton Oswalt line of all time (directed at his parents):
"I'm a fat comedian with OCD! THIS IS NOT GOOD PARENTING!"
(Paraphrasing) "Then he pulls out a silvery metallic balloon...PERFECT FOR SWORDS..."
Now I want to watch a show of Colbert and Oswalt interviewing the nerdyist celebrities. Joe Manganiello could be the first guest.
Ok
8:35 The greatest comeback and greatest reaction in late night history
I'm glad I read before leaving a comment, I couldn't have say it better! Cujos to you... I meant kudos! ;)
Colbert always gives credit where it's due and that was a masterful touché
It’s doubly great because that comeback made sure that it was going to air and be impossible to censor because it’s too funny to leave out.
@@silverblue73 I'd like to see these two play chess
The worst part of this interview: "We have to take a break..."
yeah, that part realllly sucked :(
Stephen's face at the end needs to become a meme
S. Kowalczyk 8:46?
My dad read The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings to me as bedtime stories starting when I was 6. It took us two years, and it was perfect 😍
My dad did, too. Wonderful memories. ❤
My daughter is about to turn 3 and I loved those books... Something I'll have to keep in mind. Thanks!
I'm doing that right now. We just reached Tom Bombadil.
The Hobbit is my favorite novel. It kinda hurts to hear that "eh." :/ I agree it's not high literature compared to The Lord of the Rings, but it wasn't meant to be. It was written as a children's book. It's also the start of an amazing storytelling world.
Zachary Drummond
Yep, never skip the Hobbit. For riddles in the dark alone.
I don't agree with him but I understand Stephen's viewpoint based on him mentioning that he'd already read LotR several times before reading The Hobbit. LotR is a saga in which the fate of an entire realm is at stake while The Hobbit is a wonderful but focused adventure story that was never intended to have the scope of LotR. I think reading it before LotR would give you more appreciation for The Hobbit than reading it after LotR.
Dean Clark: I say be a _real_ hipster and start with en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_of_the_Rings
Dean Clark plus, The Hobbit was written for children.
Eh
(Heh heh)
I also love it because I read it first when I was nine. But then The Lord of the Rings blew me away when I was eleven and I've read it multiple times over since then (maybe six times?). The Hobbit I read once at nine and then again at seventeen immediately after graduating high school.
Similarly, I've never loved Star Wars (A New Hope) that much. Never saw it til I was in high school. Was just too young. But I saw Empire and Return in theaters as a kid and adore them. And now I also believe they're way better as an adult too! Haha
But it's when you fall in love with a thing that matters.
Idk what was more hilarious, Patton’s comeback or Stephen’s slide over the desk 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Patton Oswald is a National Treasure, Comedy Gold.. (and he is not Impeached)
Well he does not make 'perfect' phone calls.
I think we should impeach him for crimes against mundanity.
He's the Somewhat Unstable Genius
Dale Jones I used to feel sorry for him on “ the king of queens “ because of the way he was treated, I know ...only a TV show but still felt bad for him. After realizing he is a dipshit in real life I bet the cast wanted to beat the crap out of him everyday. This national treasure should be exported to Venezuela along with commie colbert. Impeach that. MAGA TRUMP 2020.
@@Dixler683 ok edgelord
When I was a kid the Hobbit was my favorite book by far. I agree more with Patton. The Hobbit is a great stepping stone into the violence of LOTR. To not include the Hobbit when you think LOTR is a mistake.
Not to mention The Hobbit has several deaths at the end AND a massive battle.
I started with The Hobbit at 10 or 11 and it sparked my love for all things Tolkien. I can understand how having read The Lord Of The Rings, proceeding to The Hobbit makes it seem small and inconsequential but if it where you begin, it's like a warm greeting into a world that just keeps growing with you. It's fantastic! It was also written as a bedtime story FOR Tolkien's son so it would be PERFECT for Patton to read aloud with his daughter...just saying.
Perfect description. The Hobbit is the heart of it all!
My friends got me started on that wonderful journey and had me start with the Hobbit, very grateful. Having read them several times.
the little nerd slap fight at the end, when Stephen wanted to lift his hand in the air...
MrTingles I had to scroll way too far to find this comment.
Issat tap-dancing crab demon?!
One of my greatest joys in life was nightly bedtime reading to my younger son. One of my proudest times was after years of reading the first six Harry Potter books to him, he was the nightly reader of the seventh book to me.
That was a great time for me and my children too. And we had to wait until the next one came out, it made it all the more exciting. I think there was an interval of about three years between the third and fourth, book, torture! Reminds me of the old days when we had to wait for a letter to arrive in the mail, sometimes for weeks. Delayed gratification has disappeared nowadays, but hail to Harry Potter anyway!
My mom and I did the same thing! We read the first four and caught up to JK publishing in maybe a year or two, then I think she finally was like "I know you can read the last three on your own and don't want you to have wait for us to read them, so go ahead and read them without me!"
My uncle and I read out loud to each other every night, up until about high school. They're still my best memories 😊
now 5 months into corona .. these jokes about the mask aint funny no more.
Colbert interviews always seem far less rehearsed than Kimmel or Fallon ones.
theunsolvedcase more honest and less ass kissy
When you have depth and intelligence on a wide range of topics, you can go in any direction with ease, instead of having to steer a conversation into your own comfort-zone ...
fallon is extremely unwatchable. his giggling and excitement is distracting.
Kimmel I can deal with a bit but Fallon?!! 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
Look up Vic Berger's edits of Fallon on RUclips, good stuff
Stephen: "Let's look at this weird thing Patton Oswalt does on airplanes!"
Me, in 2021: "I don't get it."
I didn't know how much I need these two interacting in my life. I could watch an entire show of just Patton and Stephen talking to each other.
Cole Cousins Agreed. Completely made my day.
Me too!
Add in Joe Mangianello for the D&D angle and it is a perfect trifecta!
3:33 Yet another reason to love Patton Oswalt AND John Krasinski
@Mr. 8-Bit Doggo But Patton Oswalt would never lie!! Would he?? lol
Patton read Anne of Green Gables series. Anne is a wonderful female character. The books are so well written.
You DON'T skip The Hobbit when you read the books. You DEFINITELY skip The Hobbit when you watch the movies.
Oh he's so spot on about the 70s and books. I remember being in 8th grade and I was reading "The Exocist" and my math teacher asked me if my parents knew I was reading it, and I said, "uh yeah, my dad gave it to me"
Yep. Read the Shining as a kid in the 70's because it was in the bookcase. I don't think that's a bad thing though, because kids can stop reading if the book is disturbing them. If it's engrossing them, then great!
@@RictusHolloweye My parents had a huge library and I was never forbidden from reading anything at all. I remember overhearing one of my mother's friends scolding her about it, and when I asked her later my mother told me that in her view, if something wasn't "appropriate" for my age I would find it either boring or incomprehensible, in which latter case I was always free to ask her or my dad for help. She was right, too -- I remember attempting to read political or philosophical stuff and finding it mostly dull (because I lacked so much background knowledge), or my first sex scenes when I was still a child (they went right over my head). But what persisted for a lifetime was my love of reading, I think fostered by my parents' wisdom.
In my 5th grade class (10-11), a bunch of kids had already read IT. Different people suggested it to me. I ask the first person what it was about, and after that I told everyone No. I don't think so! Maybe later! I want something upbeat, life sucks enough right now without..all of that. Jesus!
It upset me as an adult.
I was reading H P Lovecraft at 11 - I remember a sleepover for a friends 12th birthday, and telling him all about them; he had nightmares afterwards and his parents were NOT happy with me.
This is one of the best interviews I have seen from Colbert on this show.
I get where Stephen is coming from.
But if you're reading the books to your daughter who has never experienced that world, skipping The Hobbit seems a bit heartless.
I've always been torn on this, Razelluxe from two years ago. . . Like, on one hand, I like the idea of shrouding the Ring in mystery and legend. Why was this powerful artifact with Bilbo? Who is that strange creature who wanted the Ring? How did Bilbo know Gandalf? And where did Sting come from? etc etc etc. In that respect, The Hobbit feels more like the Silmarilian(sp?) in that respect. It's not about the main story, but it's supporting information. Perhaps the *most important* pieces of supporting information, sure... but still not really part of the main story.
Very interesting, but honestly, I'd also say it's best to start with The Hobbit because it establishes a bit more of the world, as it could be, warts and all, rather than what Sauron wanted for it. Yes, there were fire-breathing dragons stealing hoardes of gold. But there was also song, and laughter and adventure~!
I can see both sides. Wonder how Oswalt decided to go with it...
I was lucky enough to see Patton several times when he was still doing lots of underground comedy standup in L.A. before he was a household name or on King of Queens. 1 of the best standup comedians of all time. Dark - quick - surreal jokes - nerdy stuff - brilliant.
I'm glad everyone has decided that "The Cursed Child" doesn't exist. 7 books is plenty.
What's wrong with Cursed Child? It works. Sort of...
the cursed child is fan fiction: change my mind!
@@darkmyro It was written and approved by JK rowling?
@@AC3handle it was a joke, and I'm not even that big a fan of the books.
@@darkmyro dont knock fanfiction. There are absolute pearls in the world of fanfiction which are longer, have more substance and understanding of the original world. Cursed child is bad fanfiction
How dare you, Stephen. I LOVE "The Hobbit."
This was a legendary interview.
It was epic. I had to replay it, and watch Stephen slide over the desk again 😄
The Hobbit is absolutely amazing! Stevie’s got this one wrong. That would be an awesome book to read to a kid I think.
I'm not mad about Stephen's eh about The Hobbit at all. It's only one of my favorite books of all time and I am so disappointed in Stephen as a nerd and *SCREAMS INTO PILLOW*. Ok... I may be mad.
"The Dark is Rising" pentalogy by Susan Cooper (written 1965 - 1977). Awesome fantsy novel for older children and sadly barely noticed... First book is called "Over Sea, Under Stone".
GREAT books! Loved them!
@@super_slo Oh, nice! Someone who knows and loves them. 😘
in my next life, I would really, really like to have Patton as my Dad...
Klara Stern Or Stephen 🤣.
The Narnia series is a wonderful accompaniment to Harry Potter. My young daughter and I had a wonderful time with so many series, but Narnia and Potter were the best.
The series of unfortunate events. Artemis Fowl, Redwall. All great novel series. Redwall especially
Edit: thanks for all the likes and replies! Artemis Fowl has a movie coming out. Alex Rider is good too, but more into the teens. Oh and the Warriors (cats) books might be perfert for her to read by herself
Omg I literally hear no one talk about Redwall! I read the whole series when I was nine and I still hold it in that special place in my heart. I should read it again someday just to relive the nostalgia and get that special perspective of having lived another decade.
Yay! I thought everyone but me had forgotten about Artemis Fowl. I cried when it ended.
Percy Jackson and Rangers apprentice are also fantastic
Victoria Vallejos Isn’t there a movie coming out though
Redwall is the first series I remember my dad reading to me. Definitely good stuff in the 5-10 age group so it might be a wee bit late for her now. I dressed up as Matthias and ran around the backyard having mad fun.
I'm 100% with Steven here. The most important thing is to read LOTR. And then read it again, maybe about 5 times, then you can go back and read the hobbit. But LOTR is on a whole different level.
Which is why, you start with the Hobbit. Especially when young.
What amazing chemistry and that comeback at the end was great!
WOW this clip didn't age well!
Huh? I mean, it's not like Colbert got less wrong about The Hobb--
Oh! Right. The Covid bit. Fair enough.
It's so damn touching that he still wears his dead wife's wedding ring.
Sarcasm, perhaps? In case it's not, he has since remarried after his first wife died. To actress Meredith Salenger, who from all angles is doing a wonderful job in helping him raise his young daughter. 🙂
@@m.c.5795 Sarcasm? Why on Earth would it be sarcasm? Do you know what that word means? He is obviously wearing both rings because he never stopped loving his dead wife and obviously loves his current wife. It's an act of love and remembrance.
@@dmjdmj woah I didnt notice he was wearing both😮
@@Nyxeme "Harsh" seems a bit out of key, mate. Jarring is a better word in this case or is that not in your vocabulary?
“If I close my eyes I can hear Remy from Ratatouille.... and the voice over of the Goldbergs”
8:43 Top 10 Anime Comebacks!
They’ve never had a bad interview. Their dynamic is brilliant
Can they do a sitcom were they are niehboors?
I love how real Stephen Colbert is. I'd rather see those slightly-awkward parts of the conversation than that over-the-top rehearsed BS that the producers/writers have to dish out sometimes. Colbert deserves to have a lot of legroom in that regard. He's a fantastic interviewer because he can empathize with the guest. Hope he's doing well.
Keep on your glasses dude and mellow out. But yeah, good point.
Easy when you only get together every two years.
Stephen Colbert with the Assassin's Creed reference. Dat boi
I know your going to read these Patton, so: Terry Pratchetts Discworld books.
Safe enough for a 10 year old without insulting their intelligence, you'll really enjoy the material and sharing it with your daughter.
Plus, there are enough in the series that eventually, you can smoothly transition from you reading to her, to her reading to you.... ya'know years from now in the ole comedians home or whatever. lol
Seriously though, they're phenomenal. And She'll probably still be reading them when shes grown, because that happens a LOT with those books. So she'll have those memories of the two of you together for the rest of her life bud.
From one dad to another my friend.
(Might like Douglas Adam's books as well)
Pratchett has different things for different ages too.
give her carpet people and amazing maurice now, tiffany aching in a few years, then the witches, guards, death and the rest.
Adams was for sci fi what Pratchett was for fantasy
(i try really hard to pretend not to know pratchett did a little sci-fi because then I might be tempted to compare the two and that would be cruel to Terry.)
I'm sure Gaiman has something age appropriate too...
Excellent suggestion!
Currently flying through Sir Terry's works with my soon to be 12 year old! We started on his works after finishing the Hitchhiker's Guide "trilogy". We now have an unbreakable bond forged in the joys of the ridiculous. 💖
Lol.
Funny to see that now where Corona is everywhere and we know now that masks help a lot.
Well, we know there are a shitload of sheep anyway.
5:41 Might I suggest Pratchett?
YES! that would keep them going for quite a while
Unpopular opinion but I much preferred reading The Hobbit to reading Lord of the Rings.
Patton Oswalt is a legend! Most of his roles are iconic, but his most remarkable role in my opinion is Spence Olchin in The King of Queens!
Constable Bob in Justified.
Star Wars filibuster in P & R.
FeelItRising ❤️
I think King of Queens held him back. He is so much funnier then that character.
Habitt5253 I showed that clip to my students as an example of fan fiction lol
He should read his daughter "The eye of the Dragon", by Stephen King. It's more fantasy.
@zonescat aha a true fan! You can't love Stephen King without loving all of Stephen King. Did you know the magician in this book is the same character as Randal Flagg in The Stand?
My FAVORITE S.K. book! read it when I was like 15. I still read it every few years. Bronson Pinchot narrates the audiobook! He does a great Flagg.
@@lilshabaz1862 wait, BALKY!?!?!? This is information I did not previously have. Thank you, Internet stranger! I don't tend to listen to audiobooks, so I would never have known.
Patton always looks like he was let out of the day care centre for the day
I love it whenever Stephen talks about LoTR. And this entire interview was just so much fun and entertaining to watch. Patton Oswalt's video--I gotta be honest--made me a bit misty-eyed, because I remember my dad doing the same thing with me when I was a kid. And that censorship comeback? GOLD!
Best comeback by Patton and Best Colbert reaction ever!!! Lovedddddddddd this interaction by miles ❤️🥂🤣
Yes. Don't skip The Hobbit. Sets up everything for Lord of the Rings. Very enjoyable also.
Especially at 10...
Patton read the discworld series, can't recommend it enough
You have excellent taste in literature! I was going to suggest Terry Pratchett...maybe "Wee Free Men" first.
Yes!
This is the correct answer.
Although maybe skip the first 2.
(Even Sir Terry said they were written more as parodies)
Or Neil Gaiman's childrens books, he's a big proponent of not sugar coating stories.
No, Stephen! NO! The Hobbit is a children's book! Lure Alice in with the likeable characters and serial storyline... THEN she'll appreciate LOTR. #publicationorder
Perhaps I'm ignorant to the popularity of Patton Oswalt, but I think he's totally underated in his stand up. Annihilation was side splitting. And his older stuff is JUST as good.
Yep, you're ignorant. He fills venues and has won stand up awards.
Which personally shocks me, since I think most of his material+delivery just isn't funny (to me).
Sam wow you found a way to insult her twice in response to a perfectly nice, innocuous comment. Congrats?
@@Idolhands7007 The first bit wasn't an insult, it was a fact.
The second bit was my personal opinion. We all have them. I find it offensive that you'd be offended on behalf of another person for absolutely no reason.
But thanks I guess.
He's a pretty well-recognized stand-up comic, but I'd say he's done less tv and movie roles than other comics that have achieved similar success. I'm not sure why that is, that's probably why he seems under appreciated
Listen to Werewolves and Lollipops.
WOW Stephen’s face when he realized he just got owned by Patton, he was so thrilled haha 😂
Patton's face at 5:55 is priceless.
You can see his brain absolutely malfunction.
I completely disagree. The Hobbit is an integral part of the mythology of LoTR.
That was a HELUVA smack-down by Patton at the end. LOVE those guys!!!!!!!!
Don't listen to Stephen, Patton, start her off with the Hobbit. It's brilliant, and it sets up the LOTR trilogy. She will thank you for it later.
Book nerds giving each other shit, that’s pretty good stuff!
The Hobbit is the perfect next book. And It's got a DRAGON!!!!
Patton should definitely read his daughter the Hobbit first. She is only ten, not that she isn't smart enough for the others, but more that she hasn't outgrown the Hobbit. Steven probably would have liked it better if he read it first.
I easily read through The Hobbit, but I struggled to get through The Lord of the Rings in sixth grade because it had so much damn camping in it. I should try again now that that was like two decades ago.
What a delightful conversation, loved every second of it.
Patton should read his daughter books by EL Konigsburg - The View from Saturday, A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Perfect for young people on the cusp of adolescence.
As SOON as he said Assassin’s Creed, I liked.
WARNING: Major Cujo Spoiler Alert!
He looks like he's getting ready for mortal kombat in that pic.
Oh for the love of peet, READ THE HOBBIT FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stevo wasn't thrilled with the hobbit because he read it after the lord of the rings.
I read the hobbit first. I read the trilogy many, many times after that. But don't diss The Hobbit!
5:50 when they talk about the Hobbit.
You're welcome :-)
I like how Patton Oswalt sits for a talk show. That would be me too: maximum comfort.
Literally could not believe this. You have to read the hobbit first. It sets up the Lord of the Rings so well, and it’s a quick read. He definitely read them in the wrong order and that skewed him, especially since he read LOTR tons of times before reading the hobbit.... Stephen Stephen Stephen....
OMG I READ THE STAND WHEN I WAS 10.... no I haven’t slept yet 🥺
my favorite was always "needful things".
I lucked into a unabridged copy at a yard sale for $1, I read it over every few years always in the summer. The extra background made it a much better story (imo).I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE MOVIE WITH WHOOPI.
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Screw reading the "classics" to your kids. They were formative for you, when YOU were their age, but the world of literature builds on what has come and gone. Try Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. Spellslinger by Sebastian De Castell. Literally anything Victoria/V.E Schwab has ever done. These are stories written by people who are speaking to modern concerns and modern mindsets. Lord of the Rings is great, don't misunderstand, but it was written with a post-WW2 mindset, back when you were allowed to hate Nazis. Good is good, evil is evil, and yes, your ten-year-old has enough emotional depth to comprehend that that's not always the case. (Spellslinger in particular is excellent for the era we live in.)
I mean, you're still allowed to hate Nazis
“I read The Stand when I was 10.” That explains the post apocalyptic face mask then...
He should read "The Hobbit" first. The "Riddles in the Dark" chapter is worth it alone. I also read Stephen King around the same time he did.
Hey buddy: read her Philip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy 👏🕊
Maybe not yet, she recently lost her mother and may still be very tender about that. It is great though.
Indeed! A million times better. And a million times less sexist too.
this is the correct recommenation but colbert is too much of a Tolkien nerd and Catholic to ever go there
I actually couldn't stand the first one, so never read more. I was very hopeful for it too, listening to a highly recommended version, but I didn't like the characters and dropped it.
People laughed about a mask in Feb? We always wear them... even before covid.
Patton is one of those omnipresent - brilliant - actors who we’d miss if not there! His humour is brilliant!
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I like how they had this whole conversation about wearing masks back in February... LOL welcome to the new world, folks. Little did you know!
The best part about going from the Hobbit to the Lord of the Rings is seeing this useful, gimmicky little magic trinket turn into this potentially world-ending, virtually indestructible, soul consuming thing. It's a pity Stephen missed out on that.
Here we see Colbert making fun of the absurdity of mask wearing. Six months later, Colbert was making fun of the people who knew it was still absurd.